Milk cooler



\ Feb. 16 ,1926.

w. M. BLACK MILK COOLER Filed Aug ust- 31, 1925 Al IORNEY Patented Feb. 16, 1 926. I v

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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Application filed August 81, 1925. Serial No. 58,715.

of Ingham and State of Michigan, have invented new and useful Improvements in Milk Coolers, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to a dairy apparatus, particularly to milk cooling devices,

and has for its object the PI'OVlSlOIl of a novel device by means of which milk may be agitated or stirred within a container immersed within cold water, the object being to agitate and keepthe milk in circulation so that the entire mass thereof will come in contact with the walls of the receptacle or container which are cooled by contact with the water within which the device is immersed.

An important object is the provision of a device of this character which may be constructed as a complete and separate entit adapted for use upon already existing mil cans or the like, the device embodying an agitator or stirrer together with motor means of some preferred type for driving the same.

An additional object is the provision of a device of this character which will be simple and inexpensive in manufacture, easy to 1 use, positive in action, efiicient and durable in service, and a general improvement in the art.

With the above and other objects and advantages. in view, the invention consists in the details of construction, the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation, partly broken away and in section,'showing the devicejin applied positionupon a milk can.

Figure 2 is a vertical section taken at right angles to Figure 1, and t Figure 3 is a detail perspective view of the paddle alone.

Referring more articularly to the drawings, the letter A esignates a suitable container which may, in actual ractice, be an ordinary milk can having t e usual neck portion B terminating in a flaring mouth C.

In carrying out the invention, I provide a cup-like member 10 which acts as a funnel and which has a reduced extension 11 which enters within the receptacle or can A when f the member .10 is placed upon the mouth C thereof. Atits bottom, the extension 11 is provided with a screen 12 so thatthe device will be ca able of employment'as a strainer.

Locate tending transversely thereof is a partition 13 which defines a compartment 14 normally closed by a removable cover 15 provided for the purpose of preventing milk from splashing into the compartment. Located within this compartment and mounted u on the partition 13 or on any other suitable portion is a motor 16 which may be an electric motor or a clockwork mechanism, as preferred, there being no limitation in this re- This motor is here represented as spect.

having its shaft 17 equipped with a worm gear 18 for a purpose to be explained.

Secured to the lower portion of the extension 11 and extending laterally therefrom is a suitable bearing19 through which is journaled a dependin shaft 20 which is also journaled through a caring 21 mounted on the partition member 13. At its upper end this shaft carries a worm gear 22 meshing with the worm gear 18 for the purpose of effecting driving of the shaft 20. At its lower end the shaft 20 terminates in a hook 23 upon which is suspended, by means of a hole 24, a paddle 25 which may be of elongated rectangular formation as shown and preferably provided with slots or openings 26 therethrough.

In the operation, itis obvious that milk poured through the member 10 will be strained in the usual manner. It is intended that when the device is full of milk that it be immersed withinvcold water such as in a spring or the like. When the motor 16 is s t inoperation, it is quite apparent that the tation of the shaft 20 and paddle member 25 carried thereby will effect a thorough agitation of the milk so that it will be quickly cooled by contact with the walls of the receptacle or container. The device is very simple in operation inasmuch as it rewithin the member 10 and -exquires no manual. effort and it facilitates u should be understood that I reserve the right to make such changes in the form, construetion and arrangement'of parts as will not depart from the s irit of the invention or the scope of the su joined claim;

Having thus described the invention, I claim: c

In combination with a milk can or other" receptacle, a funnel member adapted to be mounted thereon and havingan extension extending thereinto and provided with a screen in its bottom to serve as a strainer, J

a shaft .journally supported by the funnel member, an agitating member carried by, the shaft and located Within the milk can, a partition within the funnel member defining a se arate compartment having a closure an motor mechanism mounted within said compartment and operatively connected same.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

WILLIAM MACKIE BLACK.

with said shaft fordriving the 20 

